Honestly just doing this for a class assignment, none the less I'll be going over "The Hobbit" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Am going to be going over the book to show that people may appear to be one thing (in this case a half sized hobbit that seems to worthless in the dwarf’s eyes while farther in the book he turns out to be the biggest help. In the beginning while Bilbo(The Hobbit) was relaxing at his house a group of dwarves appeared one by one after talking to Gandalf the day previously. After a total of twelve dwarves arrive Gandalf come in and asks Bilbo to go on an adventure in which he plays "The burglar". Bilbo had never been on an adventure much less be a burglar. The dwarves guessing that fact questioned him being fit for the roll, "He looks more like a grocer than a burglar!". (pg.18)
Towards the middle of the book Bilbo starts showing his worth. After his group was captured and then separated he bumps into a creature named Gollum. Bilbo finds a opportunity to riddle against Gollum and they go on for a while until Bilbo says "What's in my pocket?". Gollum struggles to guess the answer and gives up in search for his ring. Bilbo, however had the ring and had it on so he became invisible. Seeing that Bilbo had vanished Gollum takes off in search of him, "If the Baggins has gone that way, we must go quick and see.”. (pg. 85) After Gollum passes Bilbo follows to escape out of the cave and later finds the dwarves outside. He surprises them by using the ring to sneak up on them. The dwarves gain some respect for Bilbo after this point.
Towards the end Bilbo reaches his height of importance by riddling to the dragon Smaug. The dwarves were too scared to come along with Bilbo, with good reason. Once Bilbo got to the dragons lair the dragon wakes up and knows that someone is there. Bilbo wearing a ring is invisible however and unseen. At this point Bilbo tries riddling against Smaug. This doesn't work out well in the end because the dragon saw through most of the riddles and knew he came from a village next to the river who had given them help(BarrelRider). After realizing his mistake Bilbo decides to leave after making one more mistake. Upon leaving he says "ponies take some catching, I believe after a long start, and so do burglars" (Chapter XII). Once Bilbo turns to leave a burst of flames follows after him.
The point of this is that you can't base someone’s experience off of their looks. The dwarves did and Bilbo turned out to be their greatest asset. I can't really compare to any of Bilbo's adventures, however I've been doubted on my grades and whether I was dumb or not based on how I acted and looked. With this I was never choose in groups and typically branched off to work by myself. Working for myself didn't prove I was smart to anyone other than my teacher since nobody else saw it.
Albert Einstein is a much greater example. A lot of his theories were questioned at first. He also questioned his professors which he turned out right later on for questioning them. Later one of his theories lead to the atomic bomb. (couldn't find a squared for it on this computer.
(Biography.com)
